Former U.S. Representative for Minnesota Rick Nolan passed away Friday, October 18th. His wife Mary Nolan says he struggled with heart issues and paramedics were unable to revive him. In the past week, Rep. Nolan was out campaigning for Democratic candidates on the Iron Range.
Hailing from Brainerd Minnesota, Rick Nolan dedicated his political career to middle class families and mining in Minnesota. He first started in the Minnesota House of Representatives back in early 1970’s. Although he took a break from being a civil servant for over 30 years. However he would run and win the election to be the U.S. Representative of Minnesota’s 8th district in 2013.
In one of his campaign ads back in 2012, Nolan talked about how important family is to people who live in Minnesota…